Advent

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Christian liturgical season period of preparation

Advent is a Christian liturgical season of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Advent canonical 31
Advent season 9
Advent Sunday 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian liturgical season ⓘ
period of preparation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Advent ⓘ
surface form: Advent season

season of Advent ⓘ
associatedSymbol Advent calendar ⓘ
Advent candles ⓘ
Advent wreath ⓘ
Jesse Tree ⓘ
associatedWith Christmas ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
beginsOn fourth Sunday before Christmas in Western Christianity ⓘ
contrastsWith Christmas season as a time of celebration rather than preparation ⓘ
duration approximately four weeks in Western Christianity ⓘ
emphasizes hope ⓘ
joy ⓘ
peace ⓘ
repentance ⓘ
endsOn December 24 in Western Christianity ⓘ
etymology from Latin "adventus" meaning "coming" or "arrival" ⓘ
focusesOn Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Nativity of Jesus
includes Gaudete Sunday ⓘ
liturgicalCharacter season of hopeful expectation ⓘ
season of preparation ⓘ
liturgicalColor blue in some Protestant traditions ⓘ
purple ⓘ
violet ⓘ
musicIncludes Advent hymns such as "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" ⓘ
observedBy Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form: Lutheran Church

Methodist churches ⓘ
surface form: Methodist Church

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Reformed churches ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Western Christianity ⓘ
many Protestant denominations ⓘ
partOf Christian liturgical year ⓘ
precedes Christmas season ⓘ
purpose expectant waiting ⓘ
preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
symbolizes anticipation of the birth of Jesus ⓘ
coming of Christ ⓘ
expectation of Christ's second coming ⓘ
typicalPractice daily or weekly Scripture readings ⓘ
fasting or penitential practices in some traditions ⓘ
lighting candles on an Advent wreath ⓘ
singing Advent hymns ⓘ
special prayers of preparation ⓘ

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Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity → hasImportantSeason → Advent ⓘ
Christmas → preparationSeason → Advent ⓘ
Christmas → relatedHoliday → Advent ⓘ
Byzantine Rite → hasLiturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nativity Fast
Coptic Rite → liturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kiahk (Advent month with special praises)
Advent → alsoKnownAs → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent season
Christmastide → follows → Advent ⓘ
Christmastide → relatedTo → Advent ⓘ
Methodist churches → liturgicalSeasonObserved → Advent ⓘ
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols → followsLiturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ
General Roman Calendar → hasComponent → Advent ⓘ
Christmas pageants → hasSeason → Advent ⓘ
Christmas Eve → marksEndOf → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent season
December → containsEvent → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent season
Gaudete Sunday → partOf → Advent ⓘ
Gaudete Sunday → precedes → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fourth Sunday of Advent
Gaudete Sunday → category → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent Sunday
Jesse Tree → usedDuring → Advent ⓘ
Jesse Tree → relatedTo → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent calendar
Schwibbogen candle arches → associatedWith → Advent ⓘ
Nuremberg gingerbread → isAssociatedWith → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent season
Marian antiphons → associatedWithSeason → Advent ⓘ
Feast of Saint Ambrose → timeOfYear → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent season
Lille Christmas market → timeOfYear → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent season
Mysteria Gaudiosa → hasLiturgicalContext → Advent ⓘ
Christian culture → hasHoliday → Advent ⓘ
Roman Rite liturgical calendar → includesSeason → Advent ⓘ
Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar → regulates → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent season
Introductory Rites → liturgicalSeasonVariation → Advent ⓘ
Penitential Act → hasLiturgicalSeasonNuance → Advent ⓘ
Liturgy of the Eucharist → liturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ
Feast of the Seven Fishes in Italian-American tradition → holidayAssociation → Advent ⓘ
subject surface form: Feast of the Seven Fishes
O Come O Come Emmanuel → associatedWithSeason → Advent ⓘ
subject surface form: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Joy to the World → associatedWithHoliday → Advent ⓘ
Stump of Jesse → associatedWith → Advent ⓘ
Vigil of Christmas → liturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ
Second Sunday of Advent → partOf → Advent ⓘ
Second Sunday of Advent → occursDuring → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent season
Second Sunday of Advent → liturgicalSeason → Advent ⓘ
First Sunday of Advent (with different counting than Roman Rite) → marksBeginningOf → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ambrosian Advent season
Third Sunday of Advent → partOf → Advent ⓘ
O Antiphons → usedDuring → Advent ⓘ
Proper of the Season → hasSection → Advent ⓘ
O Little Town of Bethlehem → associatedWith → Advent ⓘ
Ore Mountain folk tradition → seasonalPeak → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent season
Gouda by Candlelight → associatedWith → Advent ⓘ
this entity surface form: Advent period
Roman Catholic Church (in some calendars) → observesSeason → Advent ⓘ
subject surface form: Roman Catholic Church